Technical director Willy Rampf spent much of his earlier career with BMW, before joining the Sauber Formula One team. Now the two companies are one, and Rampf finds himself enjoying the best of both worlds: a team he knows so well, with an employer who can give so much. Will BMW-Sauber be one of the biggest surprises of 2006? Adam Cooper talked to the German at the team's launch this week

The F1.06 car offers some new layout concepts, along with familiar themes from its two predecessors: the Sauber C24 and the Williams FW27. Craig Scarborough looks under the hood of the new BMW-Sauber challenger

Thep philosophy that turned Toyota into the second largest automaker in the world and one of the most profitable ever, is starting to show its signs in the Formula One team's preparations. Dieter Rencken looks for kaizen in Cologne

The TF106 looks quite like the TF105B, which in turn wasn't that far off the TF105. Toyota's step-by-step evolution of their Formula One can be confusing to some, but the strategy appears to work, and the Japanese squad are able to make the most of their enviable resources. Craig Scarborough inspects the car and the team's approach